The US is home to only 3 of the top 25 universities globally in research impact (#3, #20, and #23). In 2009, we were home to 15 out of 25, including the #1 spot. It would be the unforced error of the century to scale back on our national investment in science now. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...

Idílio https://www.wikiart.org/en/tarsila-do-amaral/id-lio

Cervantes' masterpiece Don Quixote was first published #onthisday in 1605. It would become one of the best-loved and most frequently illustrated books in the history of literature. Read more in Rachel Schmidt's essay "Picturing Don Quixote" — publicdomainreview.org/essay/p... #OTD

Peter Kropotkin’s Memoirs of a Revolutionist (1899): a radical Bildungsroman from the former Russian prince — page to Alexander II, explorer-scientist, twice imprisoned, and (by century’s end) one of the world’s leading anarchist voices: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/kropotkin-memoirs/

🇧🇷João-corta-pau 🌎Antrostomus rufus Conservação: Pouco Preocupante O joão-corta-pau é uma ave caprimulgiforme da família Caprimulgidae. 📷 Sérgio Cedraz

Top 10 of this year's most read pieces — no.8: our post gathering, in hi-res, a selection of 74 key works by the era-defining Aubrey Beardsley: publicdomainreview.org/collection/a... (Full Top 10 here: publicdomainreview.org/blog/2025/12...)

RIP to one of the greatest American rock musicians of all time, Bob Weir. One more Saturday night, my friend.

acabei de conhecer esse quadrinista no outro site e tô, como dizem, impactada

You don’t even need the Tronoto Holocaust Museum to tell you that this is a neo-Nazi anthem. Just listen to it. They might as well be goose-stepping.

If you enjoy this episode, we encourage you to check out the rest of their 5-part series on the brain: onhumans.substack.com/p/brain ... And, of course, their other episodes!

Thanks to @nature.com and Tim Spector for reviewing my book with @juliabelluz.bsky.social #FoodIntelligence. One small correction: I was never an advisor to The Biggest Loser TV show. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

🇧🇷Peixe-frito 🌎Dromococcyx phasianellus Conservação: Pouco Preocupante O peixe-frito (Dromococcyx phasianellus) é uma ave cuculiforme da família Cuculidae. Também conhecido como papa-sebo, saci-da-mata ou saci-faisão. 📷 Herculano Neto

I wrote this! The Pleiades are up high to the south after sunset now for northern hemisphereans, so take a look at them tonight after reading my article.

🇧🇷Gavião-tesoura 🌎Elanoides forficatus Conservação: Pouco Preocupante O gavião-tesoura (Elanoides forficatus) é uma ave accipitriforme da família Accipitridae 📷 Ronaldo Francisco

"Emails uncovered as part of lawsuits against the weedkiller’s manufacturer, Monsanto, have shown that the company’s scientists played a significant role in conceiving and writing the study." (gift article)

The Fan 1949 Otto Preminger. Widely panned but is awesome. Oscar Wilde story, Dorothy Parker screen credit, cast of Carroll, Sanders, Crain, Greene is exceptional. Like Ophuls’ earrings or a Sirk.

I don’t know who made this, but it’s spot on!!

On The Longest Day Of The Year The Sun Sets In Eastern Brazil Before Ireland or Scotland Why it happens: brilliantmaps.com/east-braz...

Extração ilegal de madeira cresce 44% em áreas protegidas

To survive and flourish, many animal species rely on ecological knowledge. But this knowledge is not always spread across the group—it's often held by certain "keystone individuals." Just one of the topics discussed in our latest episode, w/ @pbrakes.bsky.social! Listen: disi.org/the-value-of...

Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more... 🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍

Source, if you’re like me and don’t believe things when they’re text on images: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Born this day in 1884, on Neskuchnoye estate in Ukraine, the marvelous painter Zinaida Serebriakova. After my time, but worth making an exception! Here by herself at the mirror in 1909.

New episode!! 🎙️🎉 A chat w/ @pbrakes.bsky.social about animal cultures and animal conservation. Culture was once thought to be uniquely human. No longer. We now know culture is found throughout the natural world. How does this complicate conservation? Listen: disi.org/the-value-of...

Important Bed, c.1925 by André Groult

New Podcast Release: Stephen West open.substack.com/pub/boldreas...

New episode!! 🎙️🎉 A conversation w/ @erinhecht.bsky.social about the diversity and evolution of canine brains. We've lived and worked with dogs for 15,000+ years, sculpting their brains and bodies along the way. What can we learn from their singular story? Listen: disi.org/of-breeds-an...

Our Preoccupation With Protein Intake open.substack.com/pub/erictopo...

The fast spin of small near-Earth asteroids suggests scientists need to revise their ideas about what holds these rocky bodies together. skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne... . . #astronomy #asteroids

I wrote this article! 🙂 This is IMO one of the biggest discoveries of the year, but you haven’t heard about it bc of a NASA press release/embargo stuck bc of the shutdown. I however have no such constraint (we’re tracking it in radio but haven’t finished the paper) so got to write about it! 🔭🧪

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The ADL has decided to treat fascists as allies and progressives as enemies. For a group that is tasked with protecting American Jews, that is a world historic fuck up. I will never forgive these people for their moral decrepitude.

Nature is good for us. It can lift our spirits, reset our attention, even help us heal. But what is it—specifically—about nature that does this? Can we isolate the active ingredients? Just one of the topics discussed in our latest episode, with Dr. Marc Berman! Listen: disi.org/how-nature-r...

A fascinating new piece for @sciam.bsky.social by @squigglyvolcano.bsky.social about Hurricane Melissa being picked up by seismographs. Because the seismic record began long before the satellite era, we may be able to use older seismograms to learn more about past storms. 🧪

🆘️ NESTE MOMENTO: Cada doação que chega é um sopro de esperança para que possamos continuar. Vidas esperam ajuda ainda HOJE Mercados nos atendem até 23h Colabore👇 🛎PIX/CNPJ: 49053045000113

Mapping DNA repeats: Newly found genes may explain brain evolution and language disorders 148 gene families represent possible drivers of human brain evolution Human-specific gene expansions contribute to brain evolution 🏺🧪 www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...

Good morning. Today in "One day, one paper", mangrove restoration significantly increased the amount of all soil carbon fractions, particularly strongly stabilized carbon attached to fine minerals, which was increased by approximately 96–732% 🌎 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

July 26 is #MangrovesDay 🌱🌊🌏 Since 1970, global mangrove cover has shrunk by ~38%. These ecosystems store carbon, support unique biodiversity, and protect coasts. Restoration and conservation are vital. 🔗 All IPBES Assessments: https://www.ipbes.net/assessing-knowledge🧪 📸 Available on Open Planet

New episode!! 🎙️🎙️ A conversation w/ @mjcrockett.bsky.social about AI and science! We're in the midst of a major transformation, with AI reshaping the entire research pipeline. These changes may well boost scientific productivity. Will they also boost understanding? Listen: disi.org/science-ai-a...

“All noble things are as difficult as they are rare.” — Baruch Spinoza, Ethics #philosophy #philsky

Pouring out a whole tin of fruit salad on a pizza during logic tutorials to meet my government-mandated shock-quote: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Radio emissions from long-period radio transients change more slowly than normal radio variations, and we don’t really know what causes that. For the first time, observations of one transient show that it also varies in X-rays at the same time, ruling out some options but not solving the mystery 🔭🧪

Really wonderful podcast. This episode was my introduction to it but I've listened to a few now. Also noticed that @kathrynnave.bsky.social is on Bluesky!

Drone melts mid air for this incredible shot! || Iceland 📹Mcgeee